Factors Responsible for Husband Battering as Expressed by Married Adults in Lagos State, Nigeria

Abstract

Several factors have emerged as a major concern on the factors responsible for husband battering as expressed by married adults in Lagos State. The study examined factors responsible for husband battering as expressed by married adults in Lagos State. The study also examined the influence of moderating variables of gender, employment status, age in marriage and educational qualification. Descriptive survey designed was adopted. The population consists of married adults in Lagos State. The sample consists of two hundred married adults in Lagos State and was selected using a proportional and simple random sampling techniques. One research question was raised and four null hypotheses were also postulated respectively. Data were collected using a researcher-designed questionnaire tagged “Factors Responsible for Husband Battering Questionnaire (FRHBQ)”. Data analysis was done using t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. Finding revealed that poor communication between couples is the most causality of husband battering among married adults in Lagos State. The findings of the study also revealed that there was a significant difference in the perception of respondents on factors responsible for husband battering on the basis of employment status and no significant difference in respondents’ perception on the basis of gender, age in marriage and educational qualification. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that couple should jealous moderately and avoids envying their partner on irrelevant issues so that husband battering could be prevented in the home.